List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket

Brendon McCullum and Chris Gayle are the only batsmen to score two T20 international centuries.

In the sport of cricket, a century is a score of hundred or more runs by a batsman in one innings.^[1] A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international match between two teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council.^[2] In a T20I, the two teams play a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs.^[3] The format was originally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board for the county cricket competition with the first matches contested on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup.^[4] The first T20I took place on 17 February 2005 when Australia defeated New Zealand by 44 runs at Eden Park in Auckland, with Australian captain Ricky Ponting finishing not out on 98.^[5]

As of 7 September 2016, from a total of 566 matches,^[6] only 21 cricketers from 12 nations have scored a total of 23 centuries.^[7] New Zealander Brendon McCullum and West Indian Chris Gayle are the only players to have achieved the feat twice.^[8][9] Of the 23 centuries, only six of them have not resulted in victories. Players from all the teams that have permanent T20I status – with the exception of Zimbabwe – have made centuries^{[lower-alpha 1]} and of the teams that have temporary T20I status only Scotland, Afghanistan and Hong Kong have had a player reach triple figures.^{[lower-alpha 2]} No players from teams that have previously held temporary T20I status have scored centuries, with Hiral Patel from Canada coming the closest with 88 not out against Ireland in 2010.^{[10][lower-alpha 3]} New Zealand, South Africa, India , West Indies and the Australia lead the list with three centuries.

The first century was scored by Chris Gayle of the West Indies who scored 117 against South Africa at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007.^[11] Gayle's record stood for four and a half years until Richard Levi of South Africa also posted 117 but from fewer deliveries, playing in his second T20I match.^[12] Seven months later, Brendon McCullum of New Zealand eclipsed the record by six runs.^[8] In August 2013, Australia's Aaron Finch in his seventh T20I made 156 from 63 balls, passing McCullum's mark by 33 runs.^[13] As of August 2016, Levi holds the record for the fastest century, achieving this score from 45 deliveries.^[14]

Centuries

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List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket

No.	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	S/R	Inn	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Result	Ref
1	Gayle, ChrisChris Gayle	7003117000000000000♠ 117	57	7	10	205.26	1	West Indies	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	000000002007-09-11-000011 September 2007	Lost	[15]
2	McCullum, BrendonBrendon McCullum	7003116100000000000♠ 116*	56	12	8	207.14	1	New Zealand	Australia	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	000000002010-02-28-000028 February 2010	Won (S/O)	[16]
3	Raina, SureshSuresh Raina	7003101000000000000♠ 101	60	9	5	168.33	1	India	South Africa	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet	000000002010-05-02-00002 May 2010	Won	[17]
4	Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene	7003100000000000000♠ 100	64	10	4	156.25	1	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Providence Stadium, Providence	000000002010-05-03-00003 May 2010	Won (D/L)	[18]
5	Dilshan, TillakaratneTillakaratne Dilshan	7003104500000000000♠ 104*	57	12	5	182.45	1	Sri Lanka	Australia	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	000000002011-08-06-00006 August 2011	Won	[19]
6	Levi, RichardRichard Levi	7003117500000000000♠ 117*	51	5	13	229.41	1	South Africa	New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton	000000002012-02-19-000019 February 2012	Won	[20]
7	Berrington, RichieRichie Berrington	7003100100000000000♠ 100	58	10	5	172.41	1	Scotland	Bangladesh	Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg	000000002012-07-24-000024 July 2012	Won	[21]
8	McCullum, BrendonBrendon McCullum	7003123000000000000♠ 123	58	11	7	212.06	1	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	000000002012-09-21-000021 September 2012	Won	[22]
9	Guptill, MartinMartin Guptill	7003101500000000000♠ 101*	69	9	6	146.37	1	New Zealand	South Africa	Buffalo Park, East London	000000002012-12-23-000023 December 2012	Won (D/L)	[23]
10	Finch, AaronAaron Finch	7003156000000000000♠ 156	63	11	14	247.61	1	Australia	England	Rose Bowl, Southampton	000000002013-08-29-000029 August 2013	Won	[24]
11	Hales, AlexAlex Hales	7003116000000000000♠ 116*	64	11	6	181.25	2	England	Sri Lanka	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	000000002014-03-27-000027 March 2014	Won	[25]
12	Shehzad, AhmedAhmed Shehzad	7003111500000000000♠ 111*	62	10	5	179.03	1	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	000000002014-03-30-000030 March 2014	Won	[26]
13	du Plessis, FafFaf du Plessis	7003119000000000000♠ 119	56	11	5	212.50	1	South Africa	West Indies	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	000000002015-01-11-000011 January 2015	Lost	[27]
14	van Wyk, MornéMorné van Wyk	7003114000000000000♠ 114*	70	9	7	162.85	1	South Africa	West Indies	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	000000002015-01-14-000014 January 2015	Won	[28]
15	Sharma, RohitRohit Sharma	7003106000000000000♠ 106	66	12	5	160.00	1	India	South Africa	HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala	000000002015-10-02-00002 October 2015	Lost	[29]
16	Shahzad, MohammadMohammad Shahzad	7003118500000000000♠ 118*	67	10	8	176.11	1	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	000000002016-01-10-000010 January 2016	Won	[30]
17	Watson, ShaneShane Watson	7003124500000000000♠ 124*	71	10	6	174.64	1	Australia	India	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	000000002016-01-31-000031 January 2016	Lost	[31]
18	Hayat, BabarBabar Hayat	7003122000000000000♠ 122	60	9	7	203.33	2	Hong Kong	Oman	Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah	000000002016-02-19-000019 February 2016	Lost	[32]
19	Iqbal, TamimTamim Iqbal	7003103000000000000♠ 103*	63	10	5	163.49	1	Bangladesh	Oman	HCPA Stadium, Dharamsala	000000002016-03-13-000013 March 2016	Won (D/L)	[33]
20	Gayle, ChrisChris Gayle	7003100500000000000♠ 100*	48	5	11	208.33	2	West Indies	England	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	000000002016-03-16-000016 March 2016	Won	[34]
21	Lewis, EvinEvin Lewis	7003100500000000000♠ 100	49	5	9	204.08	1	West Indies	India	Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill	000000002016-08-27-000027 August 2016	Won	[35]
22	Rahul, LokeshLokesh Rahul	7003110000000000000♠ 110*	51	12	5	215.68	2	India	West Indies	Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill	000000002016-08-27-000027 August 2016	Lost	[36]
23	Glenn Maxwell	7003145000000000000♠ 145*	65	14	9	223.08	1	Australia	Sri Lanka	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	6 September 2016	Won	[37]

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